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In early January 1878, the West army group Gurko successfully crossed the Balkan Mountains. Parts of the group was to focus on Yana village. The Orhaniye Ottoman army after the Battle of Tashkessen retired to the Sofia area. Western group Gurko passed to operation Orhaniye to defeat the Ottoman army, according to the plan for final action in ...
Bay Area Rapid Transit planning document. Looking northeast toward Cortland and what would now be called 30th Street BART, between Mission and Coleridge, from the 1948 Transportation Plan for San Francisco
In 1804, The Bay Area is part of the newly created New Spain state of Alta California; The Russian-American Company establishes Fortress Ross (Крѣпость Россъ, tr. Krepostʹ Ross) (pictured) in 1812, in what is now Sonoma County; In 1821, New Spain cedes Alta California, including the Bay Area, to the newly created Mexican Empire
Their traditional territory stretched from Big Sur to the San Francisco Bay, although their trading area was much larger. Miwok-speaking Indians also lived in Yosemite, and Ohlone-speakers intermarried with Chumash and Pomo speakers as well. [5] The Spanish conquest of the San Francisco Bay area came later than to Southern California.
Polish Society of California organized. [8] 1874 – California School of Design, and Territorial Pioneers of California [8] established. 1875 Palace Hotel in business. [1] Fire patrol established. [14] 1876 Pioneer Park, Pacific Homeopathic Dispensary Association, and Ligue Nationale Francaise established. [8] Railway connexion to Los Angeles ...
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Ottoman advance to Sofia halted in 1349 and 1355; Bulgarian phyrric victory over Ottomans at Çamurli field in 1371; Bulgaria held off the Ottoman army until the Bulgarian betrayal of brothers; Second Bulgarian–Ottoman War (1371-1396) Bulgarian Empire: Ottoman Empire: Defeat. Fall of the Bulgarian Empire
The first decade of the century saw sustained prosperity, with steady urban growth. The capital of Sofia grew by a factor of 600% from 20,000 population in 1878 to 120,000 in 1912, primarily from peasants who arrived from the villages to become labourers tradesmen and office seekers.